iTWire: Debian and Ubuntu: Uneasy Coexistence | Linux Today

iTWire: Debian and Ubuntu: Uneasy Coexistence

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Sam Varghese
Sep 16, 2006

“It’s considered a good thing that a free software project never
really has to die–if the person who started it gives up, another
can always take the code and run with it.

“However at times the business of basing one project on an
existing one does tend to cause some friction. And this is more so
when the projects are as visible and high-profile as Debian
GNU/Linux and Ubuntu…”

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